Blog Entry: 1/23/07
1. The characters/setting of my problem.
I am the character in my problem, as im sure are most of you for your own problems. The setting is irrelevent in the way that I could go anywhere, but at the same time, it defines my problem entirely. My problem is solving whatever conflict that may surround me. So in a sense, I am the setting of my problem as well. It is difficult for me to focus my attention to where I am not present. Currently, I could say that my problem lies within the confines of this campus. I have chosen to be here, and now I must figure out how I can take advantage of my situation to the fullest. I want to seek out and USE the resources that surround me, but what is it that i want to seek out, or to accomplish? Meeting people, making friends is not the focus of my attention. It is more of a by product of my being... I want knowledge, opportunity, and meeting the right people is definitely part of that process. I am not sure how vital a part it is at this stage, but I am assuming that if I am motivated, opportunities to meet the right people will occur naturally. This brings me back to the core of my problem: What motivates me? What do I want to accomplish in this lifetime?
2. Achebe
a) The monster in Achebe, from his point of view, is definitely the missionaries that arrive and impose their religion onto the people of Umuofia. I was impressed by the lecturer's comment on the impact of European culture on the rest of the world. They conquored the globe... pretty much. That is a pretty monstorous task. If you think about it today, who has tried that recently? Hitler, and what do you think of when you hear his name? We should be ashamed for destroying the cultural diversity that once inhabited the earth.
b) The people of Umuofia were not savages according to Rousseau. They were an organized people with villages, tradition, and ceremonies. According to Rousseau, the savage man is alone, and does not have "culture". He is a savage that lives off of the plentiful land and that is it. He exists to survive and nothing more. Perhaps Rousseau viewed these Africans as savages, and if he did, he was just a naive spectator who had no interest in looking any deeper. These people, without any industrial revolution to stimulate a massive growth, lived "simple" lives with "simple" tools. By "simple" i mean individually manufactored or produced. Every man in their culture had the ability to create a plentiful life from scratch. All it took was hard work and dedication. One was not lesser because of their low income or low status in society.
I am the character in my problem, as im sure are most of you for your own problems. The setting is irrelevent in the way that I could go anywhere, but at the same time, it defines my problem entirely. My problem is solving whatever conflict that may surround me. So in a sense, I am the setting of my problem as well. It is difficult for me to focus my attention to where I am not present. Currently, I could say that my problem lies within the confines of this campus. I have chosen to be here, and now I must figure out how I can take advantage of my situation to the fullest. I want to seek out and USE the resources that surround me, but what is it that i want to seek out, or to accomplish? Meeting people, making friends is not the focus of my attention. It is more of a by product of my being... I want knowledge, opportunity, and meeting the right people is definitely part of that process. I am not sure how vital a part it is at this stage, but I am assuming that if I am motivated, opportunities to meet the right people will occur naturally. This brings me back to the core of my problem: What motivates me? What do I want to accomplish in this lifetime?
2. Achebe
a) The monster in Achebe, from his point of view, is definitely the missionaries that arrive and impose their religion onto the people of Umuofia. I was impressed by the lecturer's comment on the impact of European culture on the rest of the world. They conquored the globe... pretty much. That is a pretty monstorous task. If you think about it today, who has tried that recently? Hitler, and what do you think of when you hear his name? We should be ashamed for destroying the cultural diversity that once inhabited the earth.
b) The people of Umuofia were not savages according to Rousseau. They were an organized people with villages, tradition, and ceremonies. According to Rousseau, the savage man is alone, and does not have "culture". He is a savage that lives off of the plentiful land and that is it. He exists to survive and nothing more. Perhaps Rousseau viewed these Africans as savages, and if he did, he was just a naive spectator who had no interest in looking any deeper. These people, without any industrial revolution to stimulate a massive growth, lived "simple" lives with "simple" tools. By "simple" i mean individually manufactored or produced. Every man in their culture had the ability to create a plentiful life from scratch. All it took was hard work and dedication. One was not lesser because of their low income or low status in society.
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